G4AW: Lessons for Digital soil health advisory in Africa

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This report outlines the outcomes and challenges of the G4AW program, which supported satellite-based services to improve soil fertility management in Africa. It examines the barriers to commercializing soil health advisory services, highlights the r

Land grab/data grab: precision agriculture and its new horizons

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Developments in the area of ‘precision agriculture’ are creating new data points (about flows, soils, pests, climate) that agricultural technology providers ‘grab’, aggregate, compute and/or sell. Food producers now churn out food and, increa

Promoting the Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Agricultural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for Policy

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Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have the potential to reach many farmers with timely and accessible content. This article highlights the importance of ICTs in promoting agricultural transformation. It recommends the establishment of

Analysis of research trend and core technologies based on ICT to materialise smart farm

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Korean government has planned to increase the productivity of horticultural crops and to expand supply smart greenhouse for energy saving by modernization of horticultural facilities based on ICT in policy. However, the diversity and linkages of moni

Big Data in Weather forecasting: Applications and Challenges

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Increasing evidence of climate change worldwide is becoming the reason to understand a lot more about the weather - everything from what's going to happen tomorrow to what's coming next year. To forecast weather we need to analyze a large set of data

Sustainable food systems and agriculture: the role of information and communication technologies

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Food security refers to the transformation processes needed to move towards sustainable food systems. Digitalization is one of the most important transformational processes in world agriculture and food production and sale systems. The paper consider